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Content idea: publish a local notice or poster

14th June 2010 by nickygetgood

cream teas and handmade crafts on The Parish Post

Often local people will try to get the word out about their news, event or call for help by putting up posters in the area on places such as lampposts, bus stops and notice boards in local pubs, clubs, churches, foyers, etc.

Missing cat on Meowseley

You could help bring the poster to a wider audience by simply taking a photo of it and publishing it on your community website, or merely by writing down the information and typing that up in a post if you do not have a camera to hand when you see it.

Dublin Gospel Choir poster on Drimnagh is Good
Dublin Gospel Choir poster on Drimnagh is Good

There will undoubtedly be posters up in your area about a range of topics, such as:

Lost property/pet/person

  • I put this notice on Digbeth is Good when I saw the poster for a missing man in the area.
  • Birmingham local pet website Meowsley publishes lost cat notices it finds.

Advertising an event, such as a music gig or community meeting

  • If you see an event or gig poster, write a post about it, just like The Parish Post have done for an afternoon of Cream Teas and Handmade Crafts at a local farm.
  • If you see a notice for a local community meeting then post that up too, like Karen Strunks did when she saw an Open Forum would be taking place on her estate Wake Green Park in the residents’ newsletter.

Merely sharing a piece of locally relevant information

  • When someone in W14 London saw a sign for a local office closure, they let residents know by posting the notice W14 & SW6 community website.
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Filed Under: Quick Tips, Using Images, Video and Audio, Writing and Content Ideas Tagged With: birmingham, digbeth is good, drimnagh is good, dublin, karen strunks, meowseley, notice, parish post, poster, talcontent, W14 & SW6, wake green park

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  1. Rob Anorak says

    31st August 2013 at 5:38 pm

    Hi Nicky
    You should check out a new site we’ve just launched called LampNote, that allows you to do just this!

    There’s a full explanation here:
    https://lampnote.com/notices/gb/high-street-west-yorkshire-lampnote-is-in-public-beta

    You can also create posters using the site, so it’s a great tool for local campaigning

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